COMOROS VS CAPE VERDE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAPE VERDE		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	674	4	349	+ 325
Stroke	2	400	3	356	+ 45
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	348	1	594	- 246
Road Traffic Accidents	4	217	6	226	- 9
Diabetes Mellitus	5	165	9	136	+ 28
Liver Disease	6	148	8	160	- 12
Kidney Disease	7	126	14	101	+ 24
Violence	8	108	20	63	+ 45
Suicide	9	105	24	46	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	100	23	46	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	11	99	45	11	+ 88
Lung Disease	12	85	17	83	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	13	77	27	33	+ 44
Liver Cancer	14	73	28	29	+ 44
Hypertension	15	72	12	115	- 43
Lung Cancers	16	64	60	1	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	17	61	26	34	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	61	2	363	- 303
Congenital Anomalies	19	56	10	131	- 75
Low Birth Weight	20	54	5	328	- 274
HIV/AIDS	21	50	76	0	+ 50
Other Injuries	22	49	16	90	- 41
Cervical Cancer	23	40	13	104	- 64
Pancreas Cancer	24	39	82	0	+ 39
Drownings	25	39	25	35	+ 4
Falls	26	39	32	26	+ 13
Breast Cancer	27	35	33	23	+ 13
Tuberculosis	28	35	19	79	- 44
Asthma	29	34	21	49	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	31	39	19	+ 13
Oral Cancer	31	30	41	15	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	32	29	44	11	+ 18
Lymphomas	33	28	37	19	+ 9
Epilepsy	34	23	40	17	+ 6
Birth Trauma	35	22	7	211	- 188
Meningitis	36	21	11	115	- 94
Inflammatory/Heart	37	21	31	26	- 5
Drug Use	38	20	49	7	+ 13
Fires	39	20	30	27	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	15	34	21	- 6
Leukemia	41	14	57	3	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	42	13	36	19	- 6
Malnutrition	43	12	15	96	- 84
Skin Disease	44	9	48	9	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	7	47	10	- 3
Bladder Cancer	46	7	46	10	- 4
Maternal Conditions	47	7	22	47	- 40
Alcohol	48	6	51	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	49	6	54	4	+ 1
Syphilis	50	5	38	19	- 14
Ovary Cancer	51	5	56	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	52	4	52	5	- 1
Poisonings	53	4	35	20	- 16
Skin Cancers	54	4	42	12	- 9
Uterin Cancer	55	3	55	3	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	56	3	59	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	62	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	58	2	- 1
Tetanus	59	1	43	12	- 11
Appendicitis	60	1	50	6	- 5
Pertussis	61	1	18	80	- 79
Hepatitis C	62	0	61	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	53	4	- 4
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	29	29	- 29
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Cape Verde

Comoros

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.